Became P.L.2025, c.150, on October 1, 2025.
2024–2025 Session
Assembly Bill 4969
Ensures boards of elections have discretion to make initial determination of validity of cast ballots; requires Secretary of State to establish uniform guidelines for assessing validity of ballots.*
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the General Assembly
Sponsor from Oct 17
Margie Donlon M.D., Craig J. Coughlin
Chief co-sponsors from Oct 17
5 co-sponsors
Verlina Reynolds-Jackson, Linda S. Carter, Gerry Scharfenberger, Mitchelle Drulis, Roy Freiman
In the Senate
Sponsor from Jun 30, 2025
Chief co-sponsor from Jun 30, 2025
1 co-sponsor
Its course
October 21, 2024 to October 1, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action8 actions on 7 days
In the General AssemblyOct 21 to May 22213 days
State and Local GovernmentOct 21 to Dec 1252 days
In the SenateMay 22 to Jun 3039 days
With the GovernorJun 30 to Oct 193 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
General Assembly, third reading76–2
Passed · May 22, 2025
Senate, third reading37–0
Passed · Jun 30, 2025
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
General Assembly floor amendmentAdopted
Adopted Dec 19
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the General Assembly Oct 21 – May 22, 2025
- Oct 21Introduced in the General Assembly and sent to State and Local Government
- Dec 12State and Local Government recommended it
- Read a second time
- Dec 19Amended on the floor and read a second time
- May 22, 2025Passed the General Assembly, 76 to 2
In the Senate May 29, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025
- May 29, 2025Arrived in the Senate
- Read a second time
- Jun 30, 2025Passed the Senate, 37 to 0, and so both houses
To the Governor Oct 1, 2025
- Oct 1, 2025Signed by the Governor
- Became P.L.2025, c.150